Next Meeting: To be confirmed shortly

Past meetings

Meeting 5: Held on 27th October 2011: The Woodland Carbon Code and other industry updates

The presentations are downloadable from:

Chris Nixon: How the Woodland Carbon Code is working

Simon Hart: The Carbon Code - a view from the forest Industry

James Hepburne- Scott: The Carbon Code - a view from a supplier

Richie Connor: Scottish Enterprise Support for R&D and Innovation

Hugh Clayden: Diseases and Pests: A brief update

Meeting 4: Held on 23rd June 2011 at the Stirling Managment Centre. The topic was:

Timber Prices, New Markets and Making (more) Money from Forestry

The presentations are downloadable from:

Hamish Macleod: Added value for timber and market opportunties - what's the future?

Stephen Good: Procuring home grown timber for timber frame - what the buyers are looking for?

Steve Harrison: Making (more) money from wood, perspectives on how Scottish Enterprise could support our sector

Steve Luker: Brief update on the Renewable Heat Incentive - what the RHI means for wood fuel prices

Alastair Stupart: New opportunities in Research and Development and how the Forestry Industries can benefit

Meeting 3: Held on 7th October 2010 at the Stirling Management Centre.

The autumn 2010 Mid Scotland Forest Industries Cluster meeting was attended by over 60 people, with presentations by Hugh Clayden, Chris Nixon and James Hepburne Scott.

Meeting 2: Held on 30^th June 2010 at the David Marshall Lodge and Loch Katrine.

The summer 2010 Mid Scotland Forest Industries Cluster day out at the David Marshall Lodge Visitor Centre. Download the presentations on the Central Scotland Green Network and Great Trossachs Forest by Russell Lamont and Sue Evans

Meeting 1: Held on 16th September 2009 in Balloch

Is It All Going Up In Smoke? - Current and Future Timber Supply and Demand in Scotland and the Implications for the Forest Resource Base of the Future - to hear and contribute to a debate about whether timber demand is matched to timber use and if not, what we should do about it. Download the presentations by  Steve Luker, George Webb and Philip Blake.